MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 284 meet family

“My granddaughter-in-law was so happy that she was so happy that she even asked her grandmother for advice.”

Mrs. Gu sighed and said.

"If you really want me to say it, it's just delaying it. You don't have to do it in one step to sit on the position of the Duke of this country. Just because you are not old enough to be a weakling, you can delay it for one day. Bar."

She naturally knew how long the eldest granddaughter-in-law Liu had been looking forward to this day, but she also knew that the backlash from Mrs. Wei and others was not something that mother and son could withstand.

 Once they leave the protection of the General's Mansion, maybe the next time they hear news about these two people it will no longer be a good thing, so Mrs. Gu said this.

"Ping'er is much safer in Jinling City now than in Sui'an City. The power of the Wei family can't reach that far, and there is also the protection of the Xing family, so you can rest assured. But if you return to Sui'an City, , that’s not necessarily the case.”

"The position of the Duke of this country must naturally be inherited. That is what Ping'er deserves. But this is not the time. Do you understand?"

Mrs. Gu's words made her sister-in-law Liu sober up a lot. She used to make decisions that were like chopping off flesh, but when faced with it again, her sister-in-law Liu became much more decisive.

“What grandma said is that Ping’er still has no ability to protect himself. Of course he can’t go back like this. But the imperial edict from the palace has been issued. How should I deal with it?”

 “Don’t worry, there are people who are more anxious than you.”

The "someone" mentioned by Mrs. Gu naturally refers to Prince Fu's Mansion and the Wei family. Before there was any movement from these two families, an indignant Shang Qilang came to the gate of the General's Mansion.

 Obviously he is also a winner, but he behaves as if he has failed.

He always had a resentful attitude, as if the general's palace was sorry for him, so when the boy guarding the door saw him coming, he immediately shouted inside.

 “Someone from the Duke’s Mansion is here.”

These people thought it was still the Duke who came, so they all sighed and admired him. How could he still be so ignorant after being driven away so many times?

 So I felt helpless all of a sudden.

But when he saw Shang Qilang coming to know him, someone with discernment ran to tell Butler He.

“I came here today not to cause trouble, but to meet my family. After all, I am also the seventh brother of your general, so it’s better not to make things difficult for each other.”

 Shang Qilang did not force his way in, he just wanted to see and ask.

 When Shang Ji heard that the visitor was Shang Qilang, he had no intention of meeting him at all, so he decided to ask Butler He to refuse as before.

But Du Jingyi stopped him.

"General, now Qi Lang is about to join the court and serve as an official. It's better to say it clearly in advance, otherwise it will always be troublesome if someone starts to stir up dissension in the future."

Du Jingyi doesn’t preach the idea that it’s better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. It’s just that Shang Qilang is not stupid. If he bothers to go against the general’s government, it will be troublesome, so it’s better to explain it clearly as soon as possible.

The couple were still discussing here when they saw their elder sisters-in-law Liu and Xueniang coming together. Both of them had a calm look on their faces and said as they entered the door.

“I heard that my seventh brother is here. It’s pointless not to see each other like this. Why don’t we go together and make things clear to him?”

“It’s better to tell Brother Qi to give up the idea of ​​reconciliation between the two families. Our Gu family doesn’t have much to do with their business now.”

Although Xue Niang’s surname is still Shang, she has long classified herself as a Gu family member, so speaking like this made Shang Ji feel a lot more comfortable.

"Okay, let's go and meet." Du Jingyi is still in confinement, so naturally he won't show up casually.

 Therefore, waiting for Shang Qilang in the flower hall were the family members he mentioned, his elder sister-in-law Liu, his sixth brother Shang Ji, and his eighth sister Xue Niang.

The three of them were sitting around the Eight Immortals table with a cup of tea in front of them. When he came, they didn't act as if they were facing an enemy, but were calm as if they were drinking tea and chatting.

 Compared with the sky-falling scene in the Duke's Mansion, Shang Qilang was really filled with complicated feelings.

 “Sister-in-law, sixth brother, eighth sister.”

 “Well, sit down.”

Shang Ji didn't like to talk nonsense with his younger brother, so his sister-in-law kept talking.

 After sitting down, his sister-in-law poured him a cup of tea and then spoke.

"Seventh brother wants to see us, why?"

"Sister-in-law is much more decisive than before. It seems that the general's mansion is indeed nourished by Feng Shui."

After hearing this, the sister-in-law smiled, and then said meaningfully.

 “There is always a difference between being under the shelter of others and being free to stretch out.”

“The Duke’s Mansion is also my sister-in-law’s home, isn’t it? How come I’m living under someone else’s roof?”

When Shang Ji heard this, there was a coldness in his eyes.

He didn't like Shang Qilang. In the past, most of the reasons were because he came from the same family as Mrs. Wei, but sometimes his innocence was too much, and he would make some pretentious gesture of not eating minced meat, just like he is now.

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu, the elder sister-in-law, didn't rush to refute, but she heard Xue Niang speak.

“Seventh Brother, the Duke’s Mansion is your home, not ours.”

“Eight sisters, that’s not the case. We have always been a family, right? Why do you have to move out with Sixth Brother?”

"If you don't move out? Are you going to be buried in a fire? Or are you satisfied that Mrs. Wei delivers the poison to the gate of Dongyuan and forces them all to commit suicide?"

 Shang Ji's words made Shang Qilang blush in reply and immediately explained.

"Brother Six, please don't talk nonsense. If my mother was really that vicious, wouldn't something have happened to them long ago? How could we wait for you to come back from Cezhou, so that the following things would happen?"

 His defense was full of mistakes in Shang Ji's opinion.

"Then let me ask you, if you had still stayed in the Duke's Mansion, would Ping'er be in the situation he is today? Would Xue Niang have the marriage she has with the Guo family now? Can my sister-in-law be able to relax her temperament? Shang Qilang, don't think so. When something goes wrong, people are bound to die, and many times, silent death is the scariest thing."

"You have been supported by the Duke's family since you were born, and you have never suffered any hardships, so you feel that the world is full of flowers and willows. But now, just a mere score in the scientific examination can make you feel like a god." Everything looks pitiful when it collapses, but we are different. I sacrifice my life on the battlefield, and my sister-in-law and Xue Niang are equally frightened every step of the way in the back house."

"And these are all caused by the glorious Duke's Mansion in your eyes. What you enjoy is the glory of the Duke's Mansion, but what we suffer is the secret loss behind our backs. So don't think of us all day long. The whole family is talking about it, we don’t care about it, and the Wei family is not happy about it.”